ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,407,273, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC.
"Solid-state autotransformer" was invented by Steven Schulz (Torrance, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Solid-state autotransformers are provided. A system can include a first switch coupled to a first line in which an alternating current signal is conveyed. The system can include a second switch coupled to a second line in which the alternating current signal is conveyed. The second switch can be coupled to the first switch. The first switch can, responsive to a magnitude of a first voltage from the first line to a terminal exceeding a magnitude of a second voltage...